Bar Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 361 people in Bar Point of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Bar Point was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Bar Point aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bar Point was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Bar Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bar Point was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Bar Point 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 8.7% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bar Point were English 33.5%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.6% and German 2.4%.

In Bar Point, 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.9%, Finland 1.4%, Kenya 1.4% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Bar Point, 58.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bar Point were No Religion 26.1%, Anglican 23.6%, Catholic 18.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Bar Point 87.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Dutch 0.8%, Swedish 0.8%, Finnish 0.8% and Thai 0.8%.

Employment

There were 187 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bar Point. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Bar Point, 6.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bar Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Bar Point included Professionals 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 14.4%, Managers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Bar Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Residential Care Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bar Point was $561.

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In Bar Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Other 5.0%, Walked only 3.4% and Train, car as driver 2.8%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bar Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Bar Point, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bar Point, 42.7% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Bar Point 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bar Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,100.

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Employment status of couple families

In Bar Point, of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 10.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bar Point, 46.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 53.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bar Point, 86.0% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bar Point, of occupied private dwellings 20.5% had 1 bedroom, 28.5% had 2 bedrooms and 29.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bar Point, 41.6% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Bar Point, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 39.9% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Bar Point, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Bar Point, 37.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bar Point, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 47 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Bar Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Bar Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.